Sports History’s Greatest Failed Sports Leagues

After Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson’s defeat earlier this month, it was just a matter of time before the final gun went off on EliteXC, the MMA league that put on his fights. It seems even the promise of more cauliflower ears couldn’t save Elite, and yesterday they announced they were shutting down. Of course, Elite isn’t the first spin-off sports league to have “performance issues” (they couldn’t keep it up). Read on for the defunct leagues that we’re inducting into the Hall of Shame…